Saudi Arabia proposes to pilgrims antiozhogovye ihram –
November 13, 2009 – 2:00 am
Saudi Arabia for the first time in the Hajj season in 2009 offers Muslim pilgrims put on special ritual clothing which protects “guests of Allah” from sunburn, transmits radio “This is Moscow.
The new ceremonial attire for the pilgrims, the Ministry of Health, approved by the General Mufti of the kingdom and, therefore, allowed to be worn on the routes of pilgrimage.
Muslims perform Hajj rituals in a special mandatory dress – “ihram”, which consists of two solid pieces of white cloth, preferably without the sewing and cutting of the individual. One of them is used as a kind of skirt, which is called “uizar, the other moved in over the shoulder as a cape, called the” Reed “. Due to the fact that “Reed” is not completely covers the shoulders of pilgrims, about 60 thousand pilgrims annually received burns to the skin on the ceremonial route.
Put on the Ihram, which makes all believers equal before God, the pilgrims shall be removed from earthly pleasures and enter into a state of sanctified spirituality at the turn between the material and mystical. After removing the white robes, Muslim returns to the real world with its cares and joys.
Thanks to the proposed Saudi hajj organizers of a new model of “ihram”, which is not mandatory for the pilgrims, they protected from the hot sun of Mecca and Medina, where the air temperature during the performance of rituals during the second half of November will be 35-38 degrees Celsius.
